Thursday, September 18, 2008

from: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

I'm still stumped for an answer, whenever the religion of time-saving pushes me to zip through a meal or a chore, rushing everybody out the door to the next point on the schedule. All that hurry can blur the truth that life is a zero-sum equation. Every minute I save will get used on something else, possibly no more sublime than staring at the newel post trying to remember what I just ran upstairs for. On the other hand, attending to the task in front of me - even a quotidian chore - might make it into part of a good day, rather than just a rock in the road to someplace else.

1 comment:

Daniela said...

I thought I had read this. But I hadn't. But now I have. And I'm glad.

Yes, I want to attend...